BALA

   BUDDHIST term for power. In the PALI CANON there are five powers referred to as

   1) faith

   2) energy

   3) mindfulness

   4) concentration

   5) wisdom.

   Other powers are mentioned singularly, such as shame, or as members of groups. In the MAHYNA TRADITION there is a list of ten powers which are the attributes of a BODHISATTVA

   1) a mind turned from worldliness,

   2) ever stronger faith,

   3) disciplined exercises,

   4) intuitive reading of minds,

   5) fulfilled PRAYER,

   6) ability to work to the end of time,

   7) ability to create the means of SALVATION,

   8) purification of world, (9) the awakening of ENLIGHTENMENT,

   10) the ability to utter a phrase with UNIVERSAL appeal.